Tuesday, May 30, 2006

OK, maybe cool is a strong word, I mean parading around in these star trekpajamas might actually get you beaten up in some circles (the smug kid in this pic looks like he's about to receive one if he doesn't stop talking into that tricorder) but if i had seen these at 6 years of age, the first thing out of my mouth would have been "cool"

Isn't odd that the outfits from the first movie looked like pajamas? no? oh, never mind then.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

The 1976 Sears Christmas catalog has what I expect is a fad that I hope never caught on, corduroy patchwork jeans. From the Herb Tarlek casual wear collection, be sure to top them off with the biggest, whitest belt you can find!

That brown pair should have been destroyed on sight and whoever designed them run out of town by angry villagers.

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Found these and had to post them,just for their sheer coolness. I particularly love that Bert and Ernie constitute a pair. I don't remember these but for some odd reason I do remember wanting slippers just like these that had the McDonalds characters, God only knows why.....

Next week more toys, more pajamas and some nifty ladies fashions, oh my!

Friday, May 26, 2006

It's almost as if this is a snapshot from a film where these two have just killed an old friend in a heated argument or the guy in white has finally realized he's on a hunting trip with a total nutjob.

Perhaps it's just me, either way, I wouldn't be caught dead in this and certainly wouldn't be romping around with another dude while wearing it.

On a much lighter side.......

The Megomuseum has listed yet another cool Mego Trading card, this time it's the Penguin. Scott managed to make even dorky figures look cool.

Here is something that I wish I had seen as a kid, the Spiderman Ski Mask. The kid wearing the Hulk one got gypped, that's a real stretch, shouldn't it have a tuft of black hair on the top?

Speaking of Superheroes, my buddy Ben has updated his blog on his website World's Greatest Toys, which is the new book coming out about Mego Superheroes, check out the insanely groovy postcardhe's sending out.

Ben will be at the Mego Meetconvention next week, showing samples of the upcoming book and handing out postcards, if you can make it, you should.

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Fooling around through the 1980 JC Penney Catalog I came upon the Tri-fecta of evil, the three toys I wanted more than anything but never recieved.

They are, in order, Mattel's Godzilla from the Shogun Warriors line, Rodan also from said line and the third and possibly worst of them all Gre-Gory.

There is probably nothing I wouldn't have done to get these three, there would have been blood on the playground people.....Godzilla was the only one of them I ever saw at retail, my friend had one so there are some fond memories, it's Gre-Gory and in particular the ad below that I remember best.

One day while perusing a comic (probably Marvel's Star Wars) I saw this ad and went directly to Woolco armed with Grandma, they didn't have it. Mattel Canada never carried the thing.. After 20 years of toy collecting, I've never even seen one of these things up close.

Today I own that Godzilla and Rodan but it's sort of hollow, my main childhood memory is wanting them, not playing with them. I let my son fool around with my Shogun Warriors now because he has a lot of fun with them.

On an unrelated note, I found this incredible early eighties toy store commercial on you tube, I had heard of this store from collectors before, looks like it was awesome, they probably carried Gre-Gory.........

For about 14 years I have collected bottles of Thunderbird wine, friends and loved ones never quite understood why, especially after the rare opportunity to sample it. It was a joke that I seemed to share alone.

Goofing around on the net, I found the website Bumwine which seems to be a kindred spirit.